Hi folks,
I have a rooted and unlocked OP2 and I would like to flash a custom Kernel (I'm still choosing one), but I have found two issues:
1.- Stock Kernel: I would like to have the original Stock Kernel or a way to backup from my phone (only the Kernel, not perform a full nandroid backup), did you know how can I do or where I could found it?
2.- TWRP, afterrooted and unlock my phone, I have to encrypt the data for corporate email requirements and now I can't access any data when I boot in TWRP (also install from ZIP's). Do you know any way to access this data (with encripted partition support) or how can I upload a ZIP file to flash it?
Thank you in advance!
Kind Regards
Hi,
Reading posts you could find a lot of answers...
For the Stock Kernel, I have founded in this link (It's extracted from this post (Thanks to XQ55)
But I'm still need the support to boot TWRP with an encrypted partition...
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hi guys
after restoring twrp backup (data and system)
WIFI is broken, no way to make it work again, even restoring persist backup from twrp or flashing the original persist
not either deleting file contect of wifi_mac.bin in root/persist
does anyone know how to make wifi working again after TWRP restore of data and system?
differently TWRP is totally useless for backup in Mi A2 at the current state.
Espmic86 said:
hi guys
after restoring twrp backup (data and system)
WIFI is broken, no way to make it work again, even restoring persist backup from twrp or flashing the original persist
not either deleting file contect of wifi_mac.bin in root/persist
does anyone know how to make wifi working again after TWRP restore of data and system?
differently TWRP is totally useless for backup in Mi A2 at the current state.
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flash the original boot.img from the same system version installed in your device.
If V9.6.15.0.ODIMIFE, download the same OTA image version package, unzip it, get only boot.img and use fastboot to flash it into your device.
fastboot flash boot_b boot.img
fastboot flash boot_a boot.img
I hope this works
Espmic86 said:
hi guys
after restoring twrp backup (data and system)
WIFI is broken, no way to make it work again, even restoring persist backup from twrp or flashing the original persist
not either deleting file contect of wifi_mac.bin in root/persist
does anyone know how to make wifi working again after TWRP restore of data and system?
differently TWRP is totally useless for backup in Mi A2 at the current state.
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Flash this kernel from temp twrp. https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a2/development/kernel-hex-t3855773
It worked for me.
Tnx man. After flash kernel magisk doesn work.
How do i reinstall magisk now? You Need the "patch boot Image" method in order to support OTA. But boot Image now is not stock, cause It s updated with the new kernel so i cant use the official boot.img , should extract the new One from My device? How?
Or should i flash magisk 17.1 from TWRP? But still cant, because TWRP install s It in Active slot offline TWRP (at the moment) and not in the needed boot partition.
****, help It s getting too annoying ahahah
Espmic86 said:
Tnx man. After flash kernel magisk doesn work.
How do i reinstall magisk now? You Need the "patch boot Image" method in order to support OTA. But boot Image now is not stock, cause It s updated with the new kernel so i cant use the official boot.img , should extract the new One from My device? How?
Or should i flash magisk 17.1 from TWRP? But still cant, because TWRP install s It in Active slot offline TWRP (at the moment) and not in the needed boot partition.
****, help It s getting too annoying ahahah
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Download the magisk zip and boot into twrp and just flash it. You can switch the partitions in twrp and flash magisk. Just don't reboot twrp after switching the partitions.The latest twrp from Tingyichen can be downloaded from this thread.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a2/development/recovery-unofficial-twrp-recovery-mi-a2-t3825146
the command is fastboot boot twrp-3.2.3-jasmine-20181020.img and it goes straight into twrp with no flashing required.
booting directly in twrp with command and without flashing it in any partion caused me bootloop and data wipe, also have read this in another thread (twrp one)
Did you use the latest one from 20/10?
Hello guys,
I want to flash pixel experience 9 on a friend's nexus 6p, but since I do not own this device I have some questions about the correct procedure up to flashing a custom rom.
Also please tell me if there are any important things I have to pay attention to in general when going through that entire bootloader, recovery etc thing, like what I should avoid to do, or check before to prevent bad things like bricking or IMEI loss.
What I found out so far:
At first I enable unlocking bootloader in dev options and unlock it with fastboot flashing unlock.
Q: I read that that command will wipe the phone. What exactly? System, data, internal storage, everything?
Then I flash modified twrp from pixel experience thread
After that I am supposed to flash the ROM but I have to do a "clean" flash.
Q: What exactly does that mean? Do I need to do a factory reset before flashing the ROM or should I flash complete stock ROM or just format data?
After flashing the Pixel ROM then I format data in twrp and thats it, right?
And what is this with that weird BLOD? As far as I understood its completly hardware related and can appear theoretically any time?
I just want to be sure that it can't be caused by flashing a custom ROM f.e.
The Pixel Experience Thread also says "If your phone only has 4 cores, download the BLOD patch".
Does that refer to all BLOD affected devices or the devices wich have only 4 cores by default?
The phone is currently on Oreo.
If you need more information (Bootloader version etc, tell me)
Thanks for your time,
Greetings,
7080
Yeah I need to know that too
The Clean flash thing and that Blod thing
If the phone is working by default - you dont need to inform about BLOD. When it suddnely bootloop the whole time - you should have an unlocked bootloader to be able to access your phone again.
Clean flash of any recent image:
1. flash last google factory image with ./flash-all.sh
2. Install twrp recovery (4core version if BLOD-device)
3. copy your android image you want to flash to the device, boot in TWRP (you can also copy it on the device when you are in TWRP mode)
4. wipe cache, system, data first in twrp. Then flash the image you want to have on your phone
5. wipe everything again in advanced wipe except the system partition.
6. reboot and have fun with your clean install
I have following files
Decrypt
Firmware
Rom
Gapps
Magisk
SuperSU
In which order I must flash it
What is use of those files
What if I miss any of that file flashing
If I want to take back up from TWRP which section I should take backup
What to do to backup IMEI and other important stuff, can we get it back if we do not have back up
skyh3ck said:
I have following files
Decrypt
Firmware
Rom
Gapps
Magisk
SuperSU
In which order I must flash it
What is use of those files
What if I miss any of that file flashing
If I want to take back up from TWRP which section I should take backup
What to do to backup IMEI and other important stuff, can we get it back if we do not have back up
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Order to flash:
1. Firmware (not needed when you have same version)
2. Rom
3. Gapps
4. Kernel (optional)
5. Magisk (Or SuperSU)
Files not needed:
SuperSU (if you already installed Magisk)
For decrypt, you just need format your data partition. If you want dirty flash, you just need a compatible TWRP (Match your ROM's security patch) to decrypt. And then your rom will upgrade the encryption after first boot.
If you forget:
Firmware: your rom will not working.
Rom: Fastboot bootloop
Gapps: no Google Play & Google Apps
Magisk: no root
You don't need to backup IMEI. It cannot be changed if you didn't by a new phone.
Your file: move it to MicroSD or USB
Apps: try Titanium Backup app
All your personal information will be stored in Google Account. You just need to login.
Don't want to backup anything? Dirty flash.
Dirty flash: install without format Data (not recommend when you switch between ROMs)
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I have a completely stock Moto G5 Plus (XT1683 - 2GB of RAM) on stock Oreo 8.1 and I want to use the Pixel Experience 10. I've watched some tutorials online but I still have some questions:
1. I've seen many people complaining that they lost their IMEI and 4G, but I still couldn't figure out if that only happened with people that downgraded from a custom Oreo rom to a stock Nougat or if there's a chance of that happening by installing any custom ROM. My phone has the latest official Oreo version and I've never messed with the system before. Is my phone still at risk of losing its IMEI if I install Pixel Experience 10? What did those people do wrong?
2. Now let's talk about the procedures I have to take. After unlocking the bootloader it will wipe my system, right? If that's so, should I let it boot again into Android and turn off or should I immediately get into fastboot and flash TWRP? Will it make a difference? Will the persist and efs partitions be there on TWRP to be backed up or do I need to let Android boot so it can make them first?
3. After everything, if I get into TWRP and it asks for a password, should I just cancel and wipe the partitions to remove the encryption (can I keep the internal storage?) or do I need to install that dm-verity file instead? As I understand the dm-verity if only for when rooting the phone while keeping the stock system, right? (I don't plan to root my phone, only install a custom ROM. It would also be good if I could keep my files, but if I can't, that's fine too.)
My original plan was the following, please take a look to see if i'll do things correctly.
1. Unlock the bootloader
2. Install TWRP immediately, before it even has a chance to restart
3. If TWRP asks for a password, skip and wipe all the partitions, if it doesn't, wipe them anyway to install the new ROM.
4. Backup efs and persist to my SD Card (will they even be there after I wipe the partitions?)
5. Right after that install the custom ROM
6. Reboot, not get into a bootloop and still have my IMEI. Profit.
Is everything right or did I misunderstand something?
Thanks!
Raploz said:
I have a completely stock Moto G5 Plus (XT1683 - 2GB of RAM) on stock Oreo 8.1 and I want to use the Pixel Experience 10. I've watched some tutorials online but I still have some questions:
1. I've seen many people complaining that they lost their IMEI and 4G, but I still couldn't figure out if that only happened with people that downgraded from a custom Oreo rom to a stock Nougat or if there's a chance of that happening by installing any custom ROM. My phone has the latest official Oreo version and I've never messed with the system before. Is my phone still at risk of losing its IMEI if I install Pixel Experience 10? What did those people do wrong?
2. Now let's talk about the procedures I have to take. After unlocking the bootloader it will wipe my system, right? If that's so, should I let it boot again into Android and turn off or should I immediately get into fastboot and flash TWRP? Will it make a difference? Will the persist and efs partitions be there on TWRP to be backed up or do I need to let Android boot so it can make them first?
3. After everything, if I get into TWRP and it asks for a password, should I just cancel and wipe the partitions to remove the encryption (can I keep the internal storage?) or do I need to install that dm-verity file instead? As I understand the dm-verity if only for when rooting the phone while keeping the stock system, right? (I don't plan to root my phone, only install a custom ROM. It would also be good if I could keep my files, but if I can't, that's fine too.)
My original plan was the following, please take a look to see if i'll do things correctly.
1. Unlock the bootloader
2. Install TWRP immediately, before it even has a chance to restart
3. If TWRP asks for a password, skip and wipe all the partitions, if it doesn't, wipe them anyway to install the new ROM.
4. Backup efs and persist to my SD Card (will they even be there after I wipe the partitions?)
5. Right after that install the custom ROM
6. Reboot, not get into a bootloop and still have my IMEI. Profit.
Is everything right or did I misunderstand something?
Thanks!
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Answer for your questions
1) losing of IMEI no is possible on custom ROM too, but taking the backup of EFS and persist will retrieve them, so no problem. And losing of IMEI is random occur when moving from one rom to other.
2) just let the android boot once, so everything get loads up with unlock bootloader (no need to setup).
3)after installing the twrp, it won't ask for password since your device got format when unlocking bootloader, so it won't ask. If you want to remove encryption then format< type yes. It will remove your encryption.
4) for talking backup of EFS and persist use this method.
Code:
Use the following command to create a backup and save it at /sdcard/persist.img:
dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/persist of=/sdcard/persist.img
To restore use the following command:
dd if=/sdcard/persist.img of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/persist
If you have saved a backup using different name then use that name instead.
And seeing your plan, everything seem good, you can continue with your plan.
Note:- for some user PE won't work for them with 2gb version, so I suggest you to take a backup of stock ROM or keep an other rom file in case it needed.
Guys, I'm not very mature with this device Rn7. As i already know about it's encryption. It's v flaky.
I'm running LOS 17.1, i have setup Pin & Fingerprint in my device which i enter into the recovery as well for decryption. I never flashed a Firmware thingy in my Device. As i have read before flashing many ROMs, You should have to flash Android Q firmwares on Top. But i never did that when flashing LOS 17.1. I just rooted Miui 11 installed custom recovery (Orange Fox R11) & flashed LOS 17.1
Question 1: LOS 17.1 is FBE or FDE?
Question 2: If i want to move on to Bliss ROM 12.11 from my current LOS 17.1 (21.7 nightly), Formating data will be necessary? Or i can just wipe? So i don't loose my Internal storage.
Question 3: Does anyone know how to flash a firmware? BlissROM OP says flashing a firmware on the Top before flashing Rom.zip?
Question 4: If i want to backup (nandroid) my current OS (LOS 17.1) into the recovery. Exactly which partitions i should backup? So i can restore after trying Bliss ROM or if i get a bootloop or other issues (if needed). My Internal storage will be safe at that time aswell after restore?
My Current OS: LOS 17.1
Current Recovery: Orange Fox R11
LOS 17 is fbe. idk the rest
noobSU said:
Guys, I'm not very mature with this device Rn7. As i already know about it's encryption. It's v flaky.
I'm running LOS 17.1, i have setup Pin & Fingerprint in my device which i enter into the recovery as well for decryption. I never flashed a Firmware thingy in my Device. As i have read before flashing many ROMs, You should have to flash Android Q firmwares on Top. But i never did that when flashing LOS 17.1. I just rooted Miui 11 installed custom recovery (Orange Fox R11) & flashed LOS 17.1
Question 1: LOS 17.1 is FBE or FDE?
Question 2: If i want to move on to Bliss ROM 12.11 from my current LOS 17.1 (21.7 nightly), Formating data will be necessary? Or i can just wipe? So i don't loose my Internal storage.
Question 3: Does anyone know how to flash a firmware? BlissROM OP says flashing a firmware on the Top before flashing Rom.zip?
Question 4: If i want to backup (nandroid) my current OS (LOS 17.1) into the recovery. Exactly which partitions i should backup? So i can restore after trying Bliss ROM or if i get a bootloop or other issues (if needed). My Internal storage will be safe at that time aswell after restore?
My Current OS: LOS 17.1
Current Recovery: Orange Fox R11
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1) LOS 17.1 is FBE
2) when changing ROM is recommended to clean flash and format data but you can try to install the new ROM without formatting data, in case of bootloop or issues booting the system the only solution is to format data or restore the nandroid backup of the previous ROM
3) download the latest stable firmware (for your region or the global one) from https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/firmware/lavender/ then just flash it in recovery
4) read carefully this post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/re...ngefox-recovery-project-t3941822/post79771469 remember to copy the backup to a safe place (external sd card or computer)
darhma said:
in case of bootloop or issues booting the system the only solution is to format data or restore the nandroid backup of the previous ROM
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If i flash the firmware on the top first. & Clean flash the ROM but without formating data. & if the ROM bootloops, i can just format the data & reboot the system? I will have the working device with newly flashed ROM? Or i will have to re-flash the whole ROM. zip again after formatting the data if newly flashed ROM bootloops?
Necessary to know for me, Because i won't have ROM.zip into my internal storage then if i will format the data when the ROM bootloops.
In addition to what others have posted, I would add :
- you can flash firmware anyhow.
- only /data and internal storage parts. are needed in most cases to be backed up. But that depends on what you wanna backup. I personally do not recommend relying on nandroid backups for data because of encryption. It is a hit and miss and you dont wanna take the risk in regards to data I believe. Just use an app data backup tool instead.
- Efs, modem, persist partitions should be backed up at least once and should be saved in different places because they can help fixing rare issues of imei lost, fingerprint breaking etc
noobSU said:
If i flash the firmware on the top first. & Clean flash the ROM but without formating data. & if the ROM bootloops, i can just format the data & reboot the system? I will have the working device with newly flashed ROM? Or i will have to re-flash the whole ROM. zip again after formatting the data if newly flashed ROM bootloops?
Necessary to know for me, Because i won't have ROM.zip into my internal storage then if i will format the data when the ROM bootloops.
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Format data after flashing the ROM and then rebooting the system should be ok and you don't need to reflash anything